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The Manuscripts of Lincoln, Bury St. Edmunds etc.
… a series of narratives of interest for the history of Mercia, and in particular for that of the church and see of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the palace complex Northampton appears to have been within Mercia. Originally within the area defined as Outer Mercia or Middle Anglia it seems to have been subsumed by Penda into Mercia in the 7th century and to have remained under Mercian …
A History of the County of Oxford
… King Edward's friend, and states that Edwin, Earl of Mercia, held the manor in 1066. But there is no evidence that … 6 sestiers of honey to the king, and 10 to Earl lfgar of Mercia. By 1086 the farm had been increased to 60 by tale in … of the middle Thames was debatable land between Wessex and Mercia. It was not until the 9th century that the river …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in length and breadth. It was and is worth 4 li. Of Mercia, father of Earls Edwin and Morcar. In Buckinghamshire. … working in close association with Ethelred, ealdorman of Mercia, for the defence of English territory against the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… that all the bishops, which were four, of the kingdom of Mercia, and two bishops of East Anglia, should become …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… during their invasions of this kingdom. Offa, king of Mercia, one of the most powerful princes of the Saxon …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… (probably Deuxhill and Eardington). 28 King Ceolred of Mercia (709-16) gave her 4 hides at 'Peandan Wrye', 29 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Thorney and Whittlesmere, were part of mid-Anglia or Mercia.' 12 The part of the Isle about Wisbech, in turn, …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Fenland became a frontier zone between East Anglia and Mercia, the resort of brigands and bandits, with the Isle of …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… manor of Lapley was given to the Abbey by Algar, Earl of Mercia, in the time of King Edward the Confessor; and it is …